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XCO Course Gets Unanimous Thumbs Up from Elite Stars
The cross-country course for the 2012 RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg hosted its first competition at the weekend, the Momentum Health XCO Internationals, and afterwards the general consensus was that it’s a step up on the 2011 course. “The guys have found it to be a better course than last year, with more overtaking, […]
2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup – Pietermaritzburg (RSA) > Entries
Please find attached the Entry List for the registered riders and teams for the opening round of the 2012 RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup, which will take place in Pietermaritzburg (RSA) from 16th to 18th March. An abundance of National Champions and will be gracing our shores to kick-start the international cross-country and downhill season. […]
SA Riders Nudging Closer to Final Olympic Qualification
This weekend sees the opening round of the 2012 RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg presented by Shimano, from 16th to 18th March at Cascades MTB Park. With riders earning UCI points in the three Momentum Health XCO Internationals, held in KwaZulu-Natal preceding the World Cup, our local SA riders are starting to climb the […]
Belgian champions to take on this year’s Absa Cape Epic
Sebastien Carabin (22) and Kevin van Hoovels (26) are set for this year’s Absa Cape Epic. This year’s race, which takes place from 25 March to 1 April 2012, will once again take 1200 riders through some of the Western Cape’s most unspoilt territory. The race will kick-off with the prologue at Meerendal Wine Estate […]
Greg Minnaar Keen to Repeat 2009 Triumph at Pietermaritzburg MTB World Cup
For Pietermaritzburg local Greg Minnaar, the opening round of the RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup, to be held at the Cascades MTB Park, is hugely important. In the past, it has brought him both joy and disappointment. The first time the World Cup was held in Pietermaritzburg, in 2009, Minnaar gave the home fans exactly […]
Niyonshuti and Janse van Rensburg target African Leader Jersey in Absa Cape Epic
Rwandan pro-rider Adrien Niyonshuti (25) will be participating in this year’s Absa Cape Epic with South African Jacques Janse van Rensburg (24) as team MTN Qhubeka. The event, which takes place from 25 March to 1 April, will see 1 200 cyclists from around the globe take on the 781km and 16 300m of climbing, […]
Swiss MTB Star Schurter Wants to Repeat World Cup Win in Pietermaritzburg
One of the abiding memories of the 2011 UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg remains the manner in which Nino Schurter flew over the rock garden, while other riders struggled to negotiate it, on his way to a very impressive victory in the cross-country event. He’s back in 2012 and determined to defend the title he […]
Speedy breaks wrist on World Cup Course
Yolande Speedy, South Africa’s best hope for a top finish in the Elite women’s race at next week’s opening round of the UCI RockyRoads Mountain Bike World Cup in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, crashed and broke her wrist while training on the course on Wednesday afternoon. The injury to her right wrist is serious and requires […]
Neethling Ready to Raise his Game at Pietermaritzburg MTB World Cup
South African downhill star Andrew Neethling made big strides in the UCI MTB World Cup in 2011, including claiming a first ever podium finish at Windham in the USA. He’s looking to up the ante in 2012, starting at the RockyRoads UCI MTB World Cup Pietermaritzburg. Last year’s stop in Pietermaritzburg ended in disappointment for […]
Evans and George to challenge at joBerg2c
An on-form Kevin Evans confirmed yesterday that he and team-mate David George would challenge for the title at this year’s Old Mutual joBerg2c, which starts on April 27. Fresh from his win at the Cape Argus Pick n Pay Mountain Bike Challenge this weekend, the Nedbank 360Life rider said he was looking forward to his […]
Philip Buys (RSA) and Cecile Ravenel (FRA) win at Karkloof Falls
Team Contego’s Phillip Buys made it two in a row when he won the second event in the three part Momentum Health XCO Internationals at Karkloof Falls on Saturday 3rd March. Buys showed superb form and skill over the testing seven lap course to cross the line in one hour, thirty-five minutes and 57 seconds. […]
Ivonne Kraft back for her sixth Absa Cape Epic with first timer Lisa Brandau
The 2012 Absa Cape Epic will once again welcome Ivonne Kraft (41, Baden, Germany) who will be racing with Elisabeth Brandau (26, Stuttgard, Germany) as team Notebooksbilliger.de. This year’s race, which takes place from 25 March to 1 April 2012, will once again take 1200 riders through some of the Western Cape’s most unspoilt territory. […]